PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

VNS Federal Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 12, 2019

Filed

May 21, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for VNS Federal Services →

VNS Federal Services, LLC reported the theft of company devices on April 12, 2019, containing employee PII including names, addresses, and SSNs. The company notified law enforcement and affected individuals, offering one year of credit monitoring. Investigation was ongoing as of the notice date.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Apr 12, 2019

Begins

Apr 12, 2019

Discovered

May 21, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: VNS Federal Services
norm: vns federal
Domain: vnsfs.com

Name: VNS Federal Services
norm: vns federal
Domain: vnsfs.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 12, 2019
Breach occurred: Apr 12, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 25, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified local law enforcement

During the incident: Notified local law enforcement
Notified potentially impacted individuals via their email address
Offering one (1) year of free credit monitoring, identify theft protection, and related services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/CON-Notice-to-Montana-Attorney-General-Office-of-Consumer-Protection.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 21, 2019
Raw hash: 5d420327ec0c09f03bfe333c86b2cc37a89d96a5d616e9d616b20259f52a56f6

Reporting entityVNS Federal Services

Victim entityVNS Federal Services

Incidentdiscovered Apr 12, 2019

Stated responseNotified local law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov